Financial Services Assistant Manager at BDO UK

We’ll broaden your horizons

The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don’t just advise on their specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm’s wider service offering. To succeed in this agile environment, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry’s most exciting and varied roles.

We’ll help you succeed

Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice.  That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively.  You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.

Overview

Take charge as a Financial Services Assistant Manager, delivering precise management accounts for select clients. You'll handle VAT returns, liaise with clients and our VAT team, and ensure smooth client operations alongside Managers. Prepare monthly workflow timetables, review financial statements under UK GAAP and IFRS, and manage complex bank reconciliations. Maintain the fixed asset register, process invoices, and provide day-to-day accounting advice. Create standard KPI dashboards and simple budgets using last year's data. Efficiently manage information, address performance issues, and deliver high-quality documents. Ready to make a difference? We want to hear from you.

You’ll be someone with:

• Be responsible for the delivery of management accounts for a small portfolio of clients.
• Prepare management accounts for more complex clients which are technically accurate.
• Prepare VAT returns and liaison with clients/ VAT team over any issues.
• Be involved with client set up and training alongside Managers.
• Prepare and communicate monthly work flow timetable and deadlines with the team and the client.